Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Curriculum and Student Affairs Committee

	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Curriculum and Student Affairs Committee

Present: Ball, Gilchrist, Johnson, Kanous, Kirchhoff, Nehls, Noack, Spear, Thompson

I. Acceptance of minutes of February 16, 2001 with correction to present list adding Nehls and Thompson.

II. Kathy Skibinski from Pharmacy spoke to the committee about a new course being planned on Medication Use Safety in Health Systems. She presented information, provided a handout on the course and requested feedback. She is looking for multidisciplinary faculty as well as students from various health science disciplines. Kathy was given contacts in the represented disciplines.

III. Remainder of time was spent on discussion of recommendations for advancing interdisciplinary learning in the Health Sciences Learning Center:

a) Interdisciplinary teaching must be ‘incentivized’—monetarily, promotion/ tenure or other significant credit

b) Institute of Medicine, JCAHO or other external consumers as driving forces

c) Interdisciplinary teaching should be the Standard of Practice—has to come from deans and curriculum committees and has to be a part of the faculty culture of the institution

d) Need to address the penalties for interdisciplinary work; involves research and teaching; other barriers as well

e) Cluster hiring as a positive model for putting emphasis on education, but cluster-hires not occurring in health sciences as yet

f) Role of UHS-track faculty in the university culture

g) Interdisciplinary issues are critical to the “mix” of the faculty

h) What mechanism is in place to monitor that interdisciplinary practices do occur in the HSLC? Who will be “at the table” as the building comes on-line and what processes will be used to assess the efficacy of these activities?

i) Discussion of the new building—Medical school and Nursing were consulted regarding design. Library, computer labs, lounges, and open space allow interdisciplinary interaction. Art exhibits and receptions in lounge areas are envisioned as opportunities for interdisciplinary interaction. Lockers are apparently already segregated according to individual health science school.
Blueprints of the Health Science Learning Center are posted on the walls of the MSC building. A. Ball will send them to S. Spear. In addition, she will send e-mail on plans for scheduling the lounges to facilitate interaction.

j) “Learning communities” in the HSLC are reportedly defined as smaller groups of medical students—Nursing is not currently part of that mix

k) Room scheduling was seen as a key factor in facilitating interdisciplinary work. Who will be responsible for this function in the HSLC? Would be very useful to have scrolling screens describing room utilization such as exists at the Pyle Center.

l) Common time needs to be agreed upon for interdisciplinary curricular activity and built into curricular structures—for instance, every Tuesday from Noon until 2 PM is blocked for interdisciplinary programming in each health science school’s curriculum

m) HSLC facility has the potential to allow formal and informal interaction, but it appears that old models of teaching may have forced the physical structure into some rigidity that may inhibit interdisciplinary teaching models. Many rooms have flexibility and can accommodate small groups of people. A large auditorium holding 350 people and smaller auditoriums are planned.

n) Suggested having a Health Sciences Education Day to bring people together modeling the UW Medical School Education Retreat (Medical Education Day) that is primarily aimed at the medical school faculty

o) Discussion included how to have a larger impact on the systems that determine the content of health sciences curricula—should higher level administration be represented on this committee? People who can make the needed changes more readily? Analogous to BioStar to bring disciplines together to effect change?

IV. A. Ball will invite Natalie Norcross to update IAIMS with the committee and Katie Huggett and/or Assoc. Dean Sue Skochelak on the floor plans and room scheduling discussions that have been taking place around the HSLC

Agenda for April IHS Committee Meeting
K6/383 Clinical Sciences Center
8-9:30 AM, Friday, April 20, 2001

1. Approval of Minutes from 3/16/01 meeting
2. Introduction of new committee member, Byron Crouse
3. Introduction of guest, Judy Broad, the UWHC Senior VP/Nursing
4. Report on events and discussion at Medical Education Day
5. Susan Skochelak and/or Katie Huggett presentation about the current architectural and room scheduling plans for the HSLC
6. Completion of discussion of committee recommendations for advancing interdisciplinary learning in the Health Sciences Learning Center

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